LIGHT SCAPE – MILANO DESIGN WEEK 2022 From 6th to 12th of JuneLight scapeHoperAperta – La Superficie AssolutaSpazio Banner (see map)Everyday from 10.30am to 7.30pm Carmelo Zappulla, Italian architect and founder of External Reference, architecture firm based in Barcelona, presents Light scape, an artwork that questions the limits of sound and light and will be on display in the framework of HoperAperta during the Milano Design Week 2022. Both light and sound are energies that travel in waves. The piece plays this ambiguity by transforming sound into light. In particular, the sounds from the city of Barcelona have been recorded and those soundwaves…

AIR PURIFIER PLANTS family of 3D printed decorative plants is the result of the research carried out by External Reference architecture firm, led by Carmelo Zappulla, in the field of experimental design and new materials. External Reference developed last year the first tree in the world with 3D technology that absorbs CO2. It was a Christmas tree made by an intelligent biomaterial capable of absorbing more than 15 kg of CO2 per year through photolysis. Taking this first product as a starting point, today the AIR PURIFIER PLANTS family shows different type of trees and plants. Thanks to 3D printing…